Lead SPA Practitioner - BaNES & Wiltshire CAMHS SPA

Client:

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Melksham, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

4d7b38e6af76

Job Views:

4

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

Are you a Band 6 practitioner looking to take the next step in your career or an existing Band 7 seeking a new direction? The BaNES & Wiltshire CAMHS SPA team could be the move you are looking for.

We are looking to strengthen the existing leadership team in the SPA and build capacity for the thriving service we already deliver. As a successful candidate, your role will be instrumental in the day-to-day running of the SPA, supporting the team, contributing to the wider CAMHS network, and continuing to strengthen relationships with the community.

At BSW CAMHS, we pride ourselves on our local induction pack, which includes a week-by-week guide to help you get acquainted with the team and the wider CAMHS. As an organisation, we value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance to support you in your role and the service delivery.

Join us and make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people. Apply now to take the next step in your career with BaNES & Wiltshire CAMHS SPA!

Main duties of the job

We are seeking applicants who thrive in a busy environment, who stay calm under pressure, and excel at coordination and adapting to change. If you have leadership skills and experience supervising clinical staff, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

In this role, you'll be at the heart of our service, triaging/screening referrals, making clinical decisions, and providing assessment and pathway decisions for young people through virtual or phone consultations. You'll collaborate with external agencies or CAMHS pathways to support the delivery of the SPA.

As a leader, you'll support the Clinical Team Manager in ensuring the SPA runs smoothly and efficiently, responding to changing demands, and providing senior support to clinicians and unqualified staff. We seek a creative mind and someone who embraces service development to ensure we are delivering high-standard care that aligns with the needs of the community and strategic demands.

At BSW, we are committed to the development and progression of our staff. Our comprehensive training programme includes a variety of internal trainings relevant to CAMHS, as well as external trainings funded through HEE. Our managers work closely with all staff to ensure they receive the necessary training to deliver high-standard interventions with confidence and competence. Additionally, we provide robust support through clinical, managerial, peer, and safeguarding supervision, along with a commitment to annual PDRs.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase the best of yourself when making an application, you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be a main point of contact within SPA in the absence of the clinical team manager.
• To act as contact point for CYP, parent/carers and referrers.
• To triage/screen requests for service that comes into the SPA.
• To co-ordinate and plan for the demands upon the SPA on a daily basis; proactively respond to changing demands and pressures.
• To liaise with young people and families to establish current presentation and to facilitate formulation of current need and appropriate support.
• To work as part of the SPA team undertaking daily supervisor role and perform direct/indirect assessments.
• To take on specific roles, tasks and projects within the SPA to facilitate and improve pathway of support.
• To deliver training as required to the wider Children’s workforce.
• To support the SPA/Team Operational Lead in the delivery of the service, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators.
• To provide clinical supervision to junior members within the team.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional

• Mental Health Nurse or equivalent health professional qualification e.g. OT, RMN NURSE, SOCIAL WORKER
• Current registration with relevant professional body – NMC, HCPC

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of mental health needs and difficulties within your existing role and/or training.
• Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy.
• Understanding of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs and evidence of transferrable skills.
• Previous CAMHS experience.
• Previous leadership experience.

Experience

• Proven experience in supporting individuals with mental health needs.
• Demonstrated experience and dedication to working in a multi-agency setting, collaborating effectively with health, social care, and education professionals.
• Understanding and application of evidence-based practice.
• Understanding of principles of clinical audit, research and service evaluation.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.